Turn back time.... How i wish i could turn back the time...
Return to the past....
Retract the words...
Rescind my voice....

Now...
Things will never be the same again..
Life will forever change...
Give me back my masks...
Let me hide back in my hole....

*At least then...we were blissfully ignorant...  ¶ 10:25 AM 1 Comments

  Lone Ranger This poem was given to me by ms sam..rather she directed it to me...nt sure who the author was. At that point, it was a particularly low point in my life...i was away from home...without family...i lived in a small area with 500 others but neither of whom i could call brother or sister. It felt quite fake..that all our laughters were shared..but our sorrows were kept to ourselves...

anyway..here it is....enjoy
i'll provide a commentary of my opinions after the poem

Laugh, and the world laughs with you,
Weep, and you weep alone
For sad old earth must borrow it's mirth
But has trouble enough of it's own
Sing, and the hills will answer
Sigh, it is lost on the air
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you
Grive, and they turn and go
They want full measure of all your plreasure,
But they do not need your woe
Be glad, and your friends are many
Be sad, and you lose them all
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall

Feast, and your halls are crowded,
Fast, and the world goes by
Succeed and give- and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a large and lordly train
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain

in a way, many of the things mentioned above are true....that more often than not, ppl would want to share in our prosperity...but not our pain..it just goes to show the selfish nature of ppl...
however, we need to be reminded that
we come into the world empty handed...and we shall leave empty handed...nobody owes us anything in the world...and therefore, we shall not expect of anything from others.
however, in whatever capacity we can.....let us not be generalised together with our fellow mankind. give when we can....lend a shoulder or an ear....to listen to other's pain and suffering...and let us try to alleviate them....or simply to jst be a pillar of support for them...so that we can make this world a better place  ¶ 1:51 AM 1 Comments

  Of jogging and men... My roommate and I decided to go for a jog at midnight today... It was quite an invigorating jog, very nice scenery, very nice terrain (probably explains why i'm still up at 2am when i wanted to sleep at 6pm..been a tiring day) that at the end of the jog i felt more refreshed than tired.

Anyway, i noticed that jogging can offer us many lessons in life that are applicable in many areas. I guess i should sum it up and write the analogy that i think is necessary This is how i relate them to exams

Warm up
It's necessary to warm up before a jog, pending which if you fail to do so, you may end up with injured limbs or crammed muscles. In a way, in real life, this shows that we must make sure that we're ready to take on the challenges, that we've equipped ourselves with all the necessary knowledge and skills to embark on our journey. This could be in the form of review of what we've learnt previously, or knowledge that we already have. Essentially, we need to get the basics ready, if not along the way, we may suffer mental cram, or simply hit a wall

Jogging
Before you jog, always start with a slow walk. This is also can be considered a part of the warm up process. Its necessary, to get your body totally acquainted and ready to take on the challenge. When you're ready then jog..
In real life, this would mean taking things slow at th ebeginning. The beginning is a time of discovery, still trying to understand what's happening and making an assesment of the situation. When you feel that you're comfortable enough with the topic then you start to push yourself harder

Pacing
While we continue to jog, we must make sure that we pace ourselves. Make sure that we are at a comfortable speed, we're dispensing energy at a comfortable rate and we're able to just make it to the finish line with not too much energy left or not being able to reach the finish line due to a shortage of energy.
Throughout our study, we should constantly pace ourselves, setting believable and achievable targets. Good things comes in small packages, so they say...so perhaps it is better to set small targets instead of being over ambitious. Make sure that you pace your studies well enough that you still retain an interest in the subject and you don't get burn out at all. But make sure that you don't set too slow a pace, slacking too much that in the end you can't accomplish the ultimate goal . Just set it just nice that you reach your goal with your last burst of energy.

Breath
Somewhat similar to pacing, we need to constantly monitor our breathing..not only that we need to make sure we're still breathing. Athletes know the importance of breathing, it is the tool that can let you win that gold or that can drag you to the dumps. In fact, athletes and wind players practice their breathing to ensure the body gets full circulation and doesn't tire out from an overdose of lactic acid too fast
The analogy to real life would be that we need to remember to breathe. That is, take things calmly and don't stress yourself out too much. Have enough urgency to finish your work, but also enough relaxing time to keep your body rejuvenated and not tired. Stress is one of the main factor that many students make often careless mistakes in exam or simply suffer from a brain jam during exams. Believe me, it has happened one too many timese for me. Breathing also will mean having adequate time to rest and recover , that means having enough hours of sleep and not depriving yourself of neccesary rest. If your body is sleep deprived, it is mentally weak and as such is more of a hindrance to us as our focus will not be there.

Sprint
When you near your destination, or when your goal is insight then you start to sprint, gather up the remainder of your energy and start to push. Push as hard as you can with all remaining energy that you have. Of course remember to pace so tat you're able to reach the finish line. Increase your speed and your stride as you near the finish line. Go faster, faster, faster. Don't slow down even when you're approaching the finish line (many ppl make this mistake) but continue gaining speed even if you're 1cm away from the finish line. Slow down only after you've crossed the line.
I guess the sprint part is quite self explanatory. As our exam nears, we study harder, we cram in more hours ..as many as we can take..of course at the same time we must still remember to breathe. But the important aspect here, is not to stop your sprint until we've crossed the finish line. How many times have we encounter this situation where for a case of exams that drags over a couple of weeks, we find that we gain momentum up to the exam time only to find that we become lazy once the first few papers are over. We know the end is in sight so we start slowing down. That is the wrong attitude! Slow down only when you've crossed the finish line. Remember that

WaRm Down.
After a run it's essential to warm down, to get the muscles loosened again, to get the heart pumping back to a regular rate and the body to dissipate extra heat and cool down.
After exams, spend some time warming down by doing activities that are relaxing or that are enjoyable. Release all those pent up pressure that was garnered through exam and enjoy the liberty taht you've been granted.

I guess that's all...i think a lot of wat i've wrote here is already common knowledge to all of you. Haha but i'd like to write it to serve as a reminder for myself

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